Spears Manufacturing CO. safety record at a glance
Spears Manufacturing CO. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 10, 2008 and Mar 8, 2022. 2 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,445 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $21,820. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 10, 2008 in Sylmar. That places the employer at #5,879 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Sylmar, Stockton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2022 | Sylmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Stockton | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Aug 29, 2018 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Stockton | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $2,415 | Mar 22, 2018 |
| Apr 16, 2015 | Sylmar | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $1,405 $4,030 proposed | Nov 16, 2015 |
| Jun 10, 2008 | Sylmar | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Dec 15, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Spears Manufacturing; Spears Manufacturing Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3557, Switches and Controls for Portable Tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,025
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 1 citation, 1 serious, $750
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3382, Eye and Face Protection: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, $165
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Spears Manufacturing CO.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.